ejectamenta

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It’s possible I am the only reader whose heart will sing at Miller’s fondness for synthetic ejectamenta, but I would happily have read more.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2014

These are evidently the loose volcanic ejectamenta which accompanied former eruptions of lava, and have been arranged by the action of water.

From Geology by Geikie, James

The interstratification of loam and volcanic ejectamenta was probably occasioned by the fluviatile mud having gradually enveloped the cones of loose scoriae after they were completely formed.

From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir

At other times, however, the ejectamenta give evidence of having been arranged by the action of water, the materials having been sifted and spread out in more or less regular layers.

From Geology by Geikie, James

Again, it must be remembered that this estimate takes no account of solid materials otherwise brought into the oceanic deposits; _e.g._, by wind-transported dust from the land or volcanic ejectamenta in the ocean depths.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John